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Dennis Powell

Dennis L. Powell is president of the Berkshire County Branch of the NAACP. He is a community activist, vice chair of the Clinton Church Restoration Project, a veteran of the United States Army, and a graduate of and former instructor at the Culinary Institute of America.

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OPINION: Berkshire County NAACP wants local leaders to look beyond a law-enforcement-only response

The NAACP Berkshire Branch President says Pittsfield lacks adequate mental health services, causing irresponsible and dangerous circumstances to exist. Although elected officials and providers recognize these gaps in care, he says, they've done nothing to change them.
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American justice or ‘Jus Us?’

It is the responsibility of all of us to address vigilantism. It is eroding our country, our community, our lives, the lives of our children.
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Juneteenth: A holiday for us, by us

"White privilege 'rediscovers' what Blackness has already created, and is celebrated for translating Black joy — for performing Blackness."
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